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Todays Greg Bedard article seems to suggest Lee Bodden was benched after "two ill timed" penalties in Sundays game. With the injuries in our secondary, and new players... this is hardly good news (a veteran being benched) We need this guy to play good and smart. Was wondering why he wasnt on the field the later part of the game....

Todays Greg Bedard article seems to suggest Lee Bodden was benched after "two ill timed" penalties in Sundays game. With the injuries in our secondary, and new players... this is hardly good news (a veteran being benched) We need this guy to play good and smart. Was wondering why he wasnt on the field the later part of the game....

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He forgot to yell "Revis rules" loud enough for the officials to hear before engaging the receiver.

Aside from the touchdown to Devon Bess(maybe?) I don't think I've seen Bodden really get beat. Chargers should of been called for holding a few times so was kinda bogus Bodden kept getting that called.

Bodden hasn't really looked special this season. And he's been dinged up. Unfortunately that was his history prior to his contract season here, where while he looked good in comparison to what we had he never looked special to me. I think his contract here reflects that (half of what remotely elite corners are landing these days). For him to have signed another deal and then been immediately lost for a season and then appear to be slow rebounding on his return doesn't bode terribly well. But it is what it is. And it's early, and we have happened to face offenses out of the gate with a couple of way above average receiving options and capable QB's (one of whom is elite and the other unexpectedly got off to a hot start with a new scheme and OC which is the kind of thing he is capable of in fits and starts). I do think we will be continuing the hunt for DB's (corner and safety) come the 2012 draft.

I don't think that's accurate at all. Bodden played pretty well against Miami, I thought. Better than McCourty (and Arrington, who is definitely our weakest cover-man at this point). And the second one of those penalties was a complete joke... I don't think the CBS crew gave a replay of the first one however, so I can't comment on it.

But Bodden is doing just fine, no reason to worry.

Also... Vincent Jackson is just a freak. I didn't really know it before, but I'd put this guy in the elite level. His game is hard to describe even. He can run every route in the passing tree... and when he runs those crossing routes he somehow looks like a small quick WR who can easily get loose ala Welker... yet he's so big and physical and so fast that on those longer routes he can get separation and close in on the ball incredibly well. Even the way he lines up at the line... with his body all lurched forward ready to just demolish the first CB who tries to jam him (or still have the speed to go around him).

I hate to go on and on about a Charger haha, but it was actually fun watching this guy show off his tools... he's pretty special.